#i'd like to have a polite chat with the people responsible for this episode

[fighting-naturalist]

Daniel Jackson in “Hathor”

[spiderh0rse]

arlen's mind notes! all ten episodes in here, mostly because i don't feel like splitting them up at All. w/e we vibe

e1

oh i HATE that alarm

does Not remember the prior night

,,,shares a room with Barney. gazes sidelong at Ryan. who says the same "I'm not his dad" thing. Only two beds in the room. What Is Going On Here.

Lives on-site, keeps his gun in his room. The room is pitifully small for two.

The background music is diagetic.

Thinks he may hate mornings more than anyone else in the world

The sink doesn't turn on but there Is a pool of water not draining from the sink. Rinses his hands in that.

Apparently slept in his uniform.

The vending machine ate his money D: At least tries to get breakfast.

Slur count one.

beeps out the swears but not the slur. Okay.

Complains about the ramp in the dorms. Says they won't have any handicapped security guards, and it's only guards and scientists in that specific hall. Clearly does not know about Keller.

Lampshades the Rescas ahead of time

Does seem to have a unique model.

Not a computer expert, he just presses keys and they work

New security guard swagger Disgusts him

falls asleep at his post

One of the other people at his station is named C.J.

INCREDIBLY concerned at a helicopter exploding and killing people right next to him, as well as some aliens arriving. Reasonable response!

Calls for backup.

middle initial is J!

A C G and F all have been giving reports of aliens

Kate is in Sector F

ah his name is spelled Tod. One d.

e2

maintains what I'd consider realistic reactions to corpses and aliens

inspects a dead vortigaunt

very sharp reflexes

screams when he sees zombies unexpectedly

Figures out the mechanics of the headcrabs but refuses to linger on it

calls some pipes gay??

finds the room that had music going. There's a lot of beds in here.

mumbling SO badly. I can barely hear him

stops to watch a zombie fiddle with a vending machine before killing it

shoots a vending machine for soda!

"sprite is fucking awesome"

slur count TWO

shoots a box open. Three boxes

delighted to have a shotgun. Considers himself invincible while having one

SUDDENLY REMEMBERS KATE

the instinct of every mindverse character: wait for the houndeye to finish charging up and get ear blasted

the houndeye very well may have ruptured his kidney. He keeps going around like that anyways

pool cue weapon,, does he know how fragile those things are? Very! I love pool.

seems to casually call things gay as an insult

questions half the things he says making sense

gets electrocuted and complains loudly about the pain

he wants to break physics too!

busts into the women's washroom with no comment

seems to think he's at risk of a heart attack if he doesn't calm down

e3

"okay, I'm calm now i think. I hope." Chat, I don't think he's calm

repeating to himself to be calm, calm... Briefly interrupts with a I WANT TO KILL EVERYBODY and then calms right back down

finds the target range calming. Possibly because of the ammo

"not barely anything"

takes the alien issue as an excuse to go into places he's not meant to be

"security... is everyone's job" enters the security only room

absolutely delighted to use grenades at any opportunity

watches the nature channel. Frequently sees thing spraying goo everywhere

just. So lame. He's great.

tells a door closing on him is Not Polite

PAC MAN

ARCADE IN THIS PLACE FUCK YES

he isn't sure if he wants to be upset over the money wasted on the arcade or that He wasn't invited in

he is working on a gun that he seems to think needs replacing

despite asking for a replacement two months ago, he has not been Issued the replacement gun

seems to enjoy talking through the things he's physically doing

FLYING HEADCRAB

has schizophrenia and admits it acts up sometimes. Mmmmay be another joke? Feels literal to me.

wonders what a barnacle will do to him if he touches it

jeez he can kill a barnacle with a single pool cue hit

gets headaches after being choked

stresses to the soldiers that he is Not evil, it's. It's Him. Tod Jarley Arlen. Says that's not actually his name he's just very scared.

cuts a couple gs off the end of his words

delights in gunning down the soldiers while it's happening (seems very mad they're trying to kill him) but follows it up with

"I just killed two people. That's nice to know. I'm going to hell."

e4

describes himself as a "homicidal maniac" and says it's going to be hard to take that in

seems to be in shock, actually!

avoids killing the next soldiers he comes across and just Runs

hits his nose trying to get into a vent

thinks he broke his nose!

he is still trying to forget that he's murdering people

immediately has to kill more soldiers. Plaintively expresses that this Isn't fun and he Doesn't like murdering people

thinks watching the blood splatter is fun. Immediately asks what's wrong with him

turret. He officially loves his life

happy to destroy the turret!

the cliffside is Also not fun!

usually flat affect except when his life is in active danger

wishes Kate was here :(

has played Minecraft! Which. Was first made playable by the public in 2009. Full release was 2011, I think.

gman!! Tod knows him! He's seen him, anyways. Tod doesn't want a thing to do with him, "even if it is an alien apocalypse." Clearly has some understanding of what he is.

if he misses an exit behind a door he's going to cry

you just shot a SNOT MONSTER, sir

sounds like he's about to cry when he finds a body a bullsquid tore up

tells things to go to hell pretty frequently

tad hurt by falling from a height

doesn't hesitate overmuch to do something dangerous when it's his only option

OH. oh he has BADLY injured his legs that sounded deeply unpleasant

laughs a bit while in pain

okay the way this mod is made he is blatantly taking hits but doesn't comment at all so we shall just kindly hold kayfabe

seems less bothered by killing people right now. Course corrects from wanting people to approach him to telling himself to calm down

doesn't actually Want to become a homicidal maniac

e5

HE-ROLLED

just keeps using grenades every chance he gets. I don't blame him the blast radius on these are NUTS

"on three. One. Three!"

never learned how to use the railcars

amazed at the car's still functioning after multiple explosions

pondering the implications of the aliens overrunning Black Mesa despite their heavy armemants

always thought conspiracy theorists were idiots

very happy that he Isn't a conspiracy theorists

yells at himself to Wake Up just. To test if he's asleep. Doesn't seem too bothered that he isn't

BULLSQUID SPIT TO THE EYE. even after it mostly clears his sight is a bit fuzzy

the acid in his eyes hurts more than when he broke his arm. Most pain he's ever been in!

slur count... Stays at two. Barely.

screams and runs from an alien grunt in the MOST visceral and personlike way I've seen ANY mindverse character do

tries so hard to convince himself he's dreaming and that none of this is real. Drops it when he sees someone hurt but possibly not dead

doesn't know if ducks have assholes

no longer remembers the way out after that panic

did NOT realize vortigaunts were lethal enough to explode people

seems to dislike people being quiet all the time

this is the First time he's been bothered by blood, picking something up off the ground

gets a BIG ol infodump of the half life lore

there's some Secret Radio the guards can use to do stuff and. Help people with I guess????

convinced fate wants him dead

deeply afraid of the special forces

Jordan? Whos- OHHH from sector G!

Rachel? Ohhhh she's the onw that exploded

Tod has got to get to the loading bay and warn gordon freeman about. Special forces I think?? What even is this plot

no matter the subject matter, Tod speaks in a very flat manner over the radio

he has been working at Black Mesa for five minutes

very afraid of the entire united states military

OH HEY he's the guard at the end of Apprehension!

that's sick one of the snipers gets him!

e6

impressed by the training course hologram

has no idea how the HEV suit knows his health. Finds it tight. Why is he getting HEV training??

dealt with Positive Parents mail in high school. Poor kids school, he says

"who in the world called running and jumping commands"

ohhhh he's getting training in case scientists trained with it are all too busy for something that needs it

baits someone into thinking of an innuendo. Then makes a yo mama joke

well! Well that wasn't a slur! But it is rude!

think the long jump module looks like a jetpack that goes on his arm

ponders stealing the HEV suit. He likes it.

he is Not jumping onto that target. Misses it instead.

he hates the hologram now >:(

thinks the medkits feel nice. A bit drugged. He's very calm.

tries to crush a roach. They annoy him

sees the intended route and bypasses it

crate madness

thinks he's been hearing scientists crawling through the vents

slenderman reference... First made in 2009. Has never found him scary.

happy to lay hands on a gun. Confused as to why the scientists need guns

very good in the target range. Drops his gun once he's done

hates swimming and being wet

underwater mumbling!!!

thinks having the charging unit right after a bunch of water is a bit foolish

black mesa green goop! Explosion hits him! Incredibly!! Bothered!!!!

goop on his foot

sick the day they were taught how to use the trains

smokes, listens to the radio. Thats his idea of relaxing

plans to kick Barney out for the night, send him to his girlfriend's house.

Barney hates snakes.

e7

oh he's coming back from being shot

where IS he, yeah

they TOOK his RADIO and FLASHLIGHT

YELLING IN PAIN MY FAVOURITE :D

SO scared

snarks towards the military for a bit in anger

knows he can get morphine from the first aid kits but that's not his highest priority

priorities: find gun, get Kate/find car. Whichever of those comes first

yells every time he shoots something right now

getting a bit of an adrenaline rush killing stuff right now. That IS dulling the pain. He wonders if it's bad that he wants to keep that rush going

thinks having an alien as a pet would be sick

vulgar man. Vulgar.

AUGH ALIEN GRUNT. shot BEES at him

sees aliens being gunned down by turrets and decides he Isn't Doing That.

out of ammo... Oh boy.

wants a pet houndeye :> calls them dogs and creepers at once

freaks the fuck out at hearing military radio chatter

didn't realize how much pain he was in until he got painkillers

other than the painkilling seems entirely unaffected by the drugs

no longer avoiding killing people.

slur count three.

cars!!!

"hard as all living cunt" you have a way with words, Arlen

wh. Why is there a dead survey team member out here. why is anyone here wearing an HEV.

has no clue how he's in a relationship with Kate

slur count four.

"what the pancake"

e8

just got hit in the head with a brick because of a FLY

gets higher-pitched when he yells. sounds like most interps of karkat

"beep. Beep. Beep. BEEP." (anger in his heart)

amazed at how fragile black mesa security is

tod arlen says acab! well. well i think he is trying to quote a john mulaney bit but yknow still counts

tells the scientists to pick up guns

"you wouldn't blow up your mother like that!"

got some glass in his arm :( hurts less than the shredded cheese

dry shredded cheese is a deadly weapon

a bit shocked at a talking vortigaunt. wonders if he's going insane. does try to talk back to the guy

oh boy how. how is this plot going

whoevers voicing the the vortigaunts here is great. unless these are voice lines im not familiar with being clipped here? well either way very nice arrangement

hes always been freaked out by corpses but thinks after today that either wont be a problem or hell have ptsd

the scientists expect the security guards to do everything other than science proper.

he did NOT go to enginering school

just keeps knockin back morphine

fails to consider shotguns decreasing accuracy across a distance

shuffles his way along a really small ledge. very good at that! seems to know to keep his center of balance low

doesn't injure himself! woo!

he got called to work on computers in biology once. the scientists there had managed to plug a power strip into itself and were then wondering why it wouldn't work.

oh hey the zombies can open doors

simmons and walter! they have Not heard from Kate :(

weird goop in scientist tubes! does make him feel a bit better after the multiple gunshot wounds

calls simmons "sims" once- twice! more! just very often.

keeps getting syringes of science goop

simmons seems to have been kidnapped. tod hopes he gets out alright.

gets kicked off a platform and takes a head injury. pretty sure.

e9

has adjusted to the cycle of shoot people get shot eventually get knocked out

has no clue what day it is and is very confused overall

very confused about how he isn't dead

wonders vaguely if he's only alive because the alien overlord wants him alive for some reason

"front horse of a macadamia nut"

telling himself to stop thinking logically because it clearly does not mesh with the situation

avoids flickering lights

loud noises make his headache worse

he is just SO uncomfortable

sings Some song about cap guns

forced to stand in front of an eye scanner while getting shot

"that wasn't your average military. that was advanced military"

he makes a ton of very sexual metaphors and only means then that way some of the time

calls himself TJ with the ease of someone who's been called that for much of his life

doctor roleplay,,,,

worries about alien illnesses and if humans can handle the new diseases

it's night! It is Not tomorrow yet

dislikes loud noises right now

OHHHH this is the landing pad from the tram ride in hl1? Maybe? Yeah it is!

explosion RIGHT next to him

he'd rather freeze than burn

e10

WHAT IS THAT VOICE YOU'RE DOING. ARLEN

shocked at how easily he can kill military

slur count four :(

genuinely hopes he isn't god

HES GOT A CHOCOLATE BAR

it's not good chocolate

he. He thinks it's 2016????? Huh??????? Okay that sure is a year.

this room reeks of special forces

YOWLS

I WAS RIGHT IT IS LOUSY WITH NINJAS

Donald Duck noises,,,

can't get his mind off the year, says he can't remember anything other than Black Mesa, isn't sure how long he's been here...

tries to blow up the morphine. It doesn't work.

rationalizes that with everything hes been seeing the past few days being however his brain has been choosing to interpret it all. That's why the clocks don't have hands

"I'M SMARTER THAN YOU, BRAIN. I HAVE A GUN."

ponders that he may actually be in hell. Wonders how he'll bust out if that's the case

giving up on finding Kate. Or despairs that he won't find her

stares at him in the eyes. He is so interesting.

doesn't care about Kate as much as he wants to, but won't pretend he cares more because that'd be lying

scared of his dad. Hated him once

hurt a lot of people while addicted

face-heel turn he's trying to figure out how to get Deeper into hell now

oh man he is deeply suicidal good lord

starts spitting word salad for fun

figures he may as well embrace insanity

rhymes decently well!

mmmm credits

SECRET BONUS - HE'S IN A TUBE I GUESS. UNDERWATER MUMBLING. KATE FISHES HIM OUT AND THEN DOES NOT TALK